Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.NELSON WILLIAMS, OF CLINTON COUNTY, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

` SPECIFICATION forming part;` of Letters Patent No. 249,435, dated November 8 1, 1881.

Application tiled August 3, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NELSON WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Glinton county, near Stewartsville, in the county ofDeLKalb and State of Missouri, have in- `vented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or g'ures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which a reciprocating rubber acts against the clothes on a ixed wash-board andnit consists in certain improvements in the construction of such machines, as herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a sectional elevation of a washing-machine having my improvements. Fig. 2 represents the rubber detached.

In the drawings, A designates a frame, on which isplaced the wash-tub B. Within the tub is removably placed a wash-board, C, having the usual indented or corrugated surface, the said board being supported at the proper elevation by cleats a.

D indicates the rubber, having its lower surface corrugated in the usual manner.

E is a Vertical piece, the lower end of which' is hinged to a cross-piece, Z1, of the frame A, the upper end being hinged to a horizontal piece, F, extending over the tub and the washboard G.

To the horizontal piece F is secured the rubber D by means of the spiral springs d, said springs being strong enough to hold the rubber rmly enough against the clothes on the wash-board, and at the same time sufficiently elastic to allow the rubber to adapt itself in position during its reciprocating movement 4g over the board. The springs, being somewhat pliant, also serve to modify any sudden or'undue pressure of the rubber against the clothes during operation.

The clothes being placed into thetub with water, the wash-board is placed in position over them on the cleats c, the operator standing by the tub in position to move the horizontal board F by means of the handles c. The articles of clothing are then successively drawn upon the wash-board lengthwise and repeatedly rubbed between the parts C and D, the operator moving the board F to and fro by means of the handles c.

When it is desired to move the board F out 6o ofthe way it is pulled forward so as to allow the standard E to rest against the tub B. The board F is then raised until a staple, g, fixed to the board is caught by a hook, e, on the end,

of a spring-arm, h, secured tothe vertical board E, from which hook the board F may be easily released.

I claimt In a reciprocating-rubber washing-machine, the rubber D, secured to the horizontal piece 7o F by the spring d, in combination with the hinged standard E, spring-arm h, having hook e, and the staple g, constructed and arranged as set forth.

In testimony whereof `I hereunto sign my name in the presence of two witnesses.

v NELSON WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JAMES SPEAE, WILLIAM G. ADAMS. 

